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Sunday, June 28, 2009 8:41 PM

Visual Studio Case Studies

Hear real developers tell of their experiences with Visual Studio (and a cool video player beyond the link): See, it isn’t just me that thinks this stuff rocks! :)
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Monday, June 22, 2009 5:02 PM

Microsoft Tech·Ed Africa 2009

Summer is here and the number one question in Dubai is “Summer Plans?” Me, I’m going to Microsoft Tech·Ed Africa 2009 , just after a short trip to the US for our annual technical training (TechReady9) in Seattle. And after , I’ll be in Lusaka with SoCalDevGal
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Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:58 PM

Rapid Application Development (RAD) in ASP .NET

I keep forgetting to show this kind of demo: the fastest way from zero to ASP .NET app is via ASP .NET 3.5 SP1’s Dynamic Data feature that allows you to rapidly create web pages for data manipulation against existing data stores. Check out this Channel9
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:11 PM

Windows 7 Compatibility – help for ISVs

Soon your customers will get their hands on Windows 7 . Are you ready? Microsoft is offering a wide range of support options to ISVs (as reported by ars technica ). There are many benefits and also here in the Gulf we want to help, so let me know if you
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:35 PM

We Learned XAML at TechiesOnly UG meeting tonight!

Thanks to Rolf, Bruce and Alex - your patience with all our questions are much appreciated! I built my first WPF app and am sold on the value of Blend even for developers. One more reason to pick up Team Suite and get Expression included. The below is
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Monday, June 15, 2009 6:29 PM

MCT Summit 2009

Apparently some of you are not registered yet. Bill summarized some possible reasons… The top reason for not attending web casts from this side of the planet is, of course, GMT-8 vs. GMT+4. We’re typically at the movies or asleep when the US’ West Coast
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Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:03 AM

Facebook Developer Garage, Dubai

Thank you all who attended the Facebook Developer Garage in Dubai – I especially enjoyed the Q&A and also learned a great deal! Several of you mentioned that you switched from “classic” ASP to PHP but never looked at ASP .NET. Well here is your chance:
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:00 PM

What is XAML, at TechiesOnly on June 17th

We don’t know what the topic is. Will you join us to tell us more about XAML as used in WPF? Or XAML as used with WF? Is there more to it? Learn, contribute, whatever. UPDATE: Please register !
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Attachment(s): Techies Only User Group invitation June 17.pdf
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:33 PM

New Bloggers & Communities

New to Dubai and in some cases entirely new, take a look at my updated blogroll: Communities TechiesOnly DubaiDev.NET Dubai Bloggers Rami M. Nassar Rolf Eleveld
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Monday, June 01, 2009 1:42 PM

Free Trial of hosted Team Foundation Server

If you’re like me and prefer trying TFS over a real network connection, take a look at TeamDevCentral : they are offering a free 6 week hosted trial Team Foundation Server.
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